Broca's Brain

Zusatztext “Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future! Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent robots! the discovery of extraterrestrial life and its consequences! and above all the challenge and pursuit of the mystery of the universe.” — Chicago Tribune “Go out and buy this book! because Carl Sagan is not only one of the world’s most respected scientists! he’s a great writer. . . . I can give a book no greater accolade than to say I’m planning on reading it again. And again. And again.” — The Miami Herald “The brilliant astronomer . . . is persuasive! provocative and readable.” — United Press International “Closely reasoned! impeccably researched! gently humorous! utterly devastating.” — The Washington Post Informationen zum Autor Carl Sagan served as the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Galileo spacecraft expeditions, for which he received the NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and (twice) for Distinguished Public Service. His Emmy- and Peabody–winning television series, Cosmos, became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television. The accompanying book, also called Cosmos, is one of the bestselling science books ever published in the English language. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize, the Oersted Medal, and many other awards—including twenty honorary degrees from American colleges and universities—for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. In their posthumous award to Dr. Sagan of their highest honor, the National Science Foundation declared that his “research transformed planetary science . . . his gifts to mankind were infinite." Dr. Sagan died on December 20, 1996. Klappentext A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. "Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man's march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent robots, the discovery of extraterrestrial life and its consequences, and above all the challenge and pursuit of the mystery of the universe."-Chicago Tribune "Go out and buy this book, because Carl Sagan is not only one of the world's most respected scientists, he's a great writer. . . . I can give a book no greater accolade than to say I'm planning on reading it again. And again. And again."-The Miami Herald "The brilliant astronomer . . . is persuasive, provocative and readable."-United Press International "Closely reasoned, impeccably researched, gently humorous, utterly devastating."-The Washington PostCHAPTER 1   BROCA’S BRAIN       “They were apes only yesterday. Give them time.” “Once an ape—always an ape.”… “No, it will be different.… Come back here in an age or so and you shall see.…”   The gods, discussing the Earth, in the motion picture version of H. G. Wells’ The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)   IT WAS A MUSEUM, in a way like any other, this Musée de l’Homme, Museum of Man, situated on a pleasant eminence with, from the restaurant plaza in back, a splendid view of the Eiffel Tower. We were there to talk with Yves Coppens, the able associate director of the museum and a distinguished paleoanthropologist. Coppens had studied the ancestors of mankind, their fossils being found in Olduvai Gorge and ...

Product details

• Authors: Carl Sagan
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.1986
• EAN: 9780345336897
• ISBN: 978-0-345-33689-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 175 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy